Tag: Lisburn

‘Former Lisburn UDA Brigadier Adrian ‘Aidy’ Bird loses press complaint against the Sunday Life. ‘.

http://seachranaidhe-irishandproud.blogspot.com/2022/06/former-lisburn-uda-brigadier-adrian.html

Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) flags prompt feud fear

Billy Wright leader of the Loyaist Ulster Volunteer Force the (LVF)

FEARS are growing of another loyalist feud erupting in a Co Antrim town. Tensions are running high after the recent erection of LVF flags in Ballymena.

The flags have been put up on lampposts in the Doury Road estate, an area regarded locally as a UDA stronghold. The LVF flags were put up in the Camberwell Way part of the estate. The move is being blamed on an LVF faction who recently moved from Co Antrim. “They are blow ins,” revealed our source. “Whether they moved of their own free will or where put out no one knows. “But there is no way the UDA will put up with that.

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“Doury Road has always been an area with big support for the UDA.” There are fears that the actions will antagonise UDA members into action. “It is only a small group but I’ve been told more are expected to arrive from Antrim,” added our source. “Hopefully nothing kicks off but people with authority in the organisation are monitoring the situation closely.”

There has been no love lost between the rival paramilitary organisations over the years. The LVF built up a strong affiliation with Johnny Adair’s Shankill Road UFF unit. And it was the unveiling of an LVF flag outside a bar during a show of strength which sparked the vicious feud which ultimately led to Adair’s exile. Now there are fears that Ballymena could be about to become the centre of another violent loyalist dispute.

With many thanks to the: Sunday World and Richard Sullivan for the original story.

Teens accused of making explosives

A 19-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman arrested in connection with dissident republican activity were last night charged with making explosives.

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The pair are to appear before Newry Magistrates Court today. They are charged with making explosives with intent to endanger life and two counts of possessing explosives with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury to property. The teenagers were arrested at a house just outside Forkhill, South Armagh, on Wednesday. Items including a grinder, fertiliser and singer were taken away for examination. Meanwhile a key witness to a dissident republican murder is one of three men arrested by gardai n Co Louth in relation to paramilitary activity. Damien O’Neill was detained on Thursday as part of a crossborder crackdown on dissident republicans. In 2007 he was shot in the neck by the Continuity IRA (CIRA). North Belfast man Eddie Burns was murdered during the same attack. A short time later his friend Joe Jones was lured to an entry at Elmfield Street in North Belfast and beaten to death with a spade by a member of the same gang.

Gerard Macklin was found guilty of Mr Burn’s murder in a Dublin court in 2008 but his conviction was quashed in 2010 and a retrail ordered. The new trial collapsed in January 2011 when O’Neill refused to testify. He told three judges at the High Court in Belfast: “I have been threatened that if’ I give evidence I will be shot dead.” Both victims were murdered shortly after leaving the Continuity IRA (CIRA). A Yards spokesman said: “As part of ongoing investigations and cross border cooperation with the Police Service of Northern Ireland into the activity of dissident republicans, yards at Dundalk arrested three males on the evening of the December 19 2013. “The arrests were made in the Carrickarnon area. “The three men, who range in age from early twenties to mid fifties, are currently detained at Dundalk Garda Station.” Yesterday morning the PSNI/RUC arrested two men in connection with a May 16 gun attack on police at Foxes Glen in Twinbrook, on the outskirts of West Belfast. The men aged 20 and 21, were detained in Lisburn, Co Antrim. A 45-year-old man arrested in connection with a gun attack on police in Ardoyne on December 5 has been released without charge.

With many thanks to: The Irish News.

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JUSTICE FOR MARTIN COREY NO JUSTICE NO PEACE!!

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Please let Martin know you care and are in full support of him and send him a letter, card, Christmas card or quick message…

See below details of the aaddress to send:

Martin Corey Maghaberry Prison, Old Road, Ballinderry upper, Lisburn, Co An trim BT28 2PT

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STATEMENT FROM ROE4 POWs ON CONTROLLED MOVEMENT IN MAGHABERRY

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Dublin Cumann

Statement:

Recently Republican prisoners in Maghaberry have been subjected to an intensely restrictive regime which has resulted in intense controlled movement whereby only one prisoner accompanied by three screws is allowed out on the landing at any time.

This has virtually ground the regime to a halt and Republican prisoners are facing long delays in every aspect of their routine.

Cells are not opened to as late as 11 am, access to the phone is restricted as is access to the yard and canteen.

Governors in Maghaberry have tried to explain that this restrictive regime is a result of action being taken by the POA over a dispute around overtime. They have been told by Roe 4 prisoners that this is not acceptable and have been reminded that even before this action by the POA the phasing in of less restrictive controlled movement under the terms of the August Agreement had not been adhered to and in fact the Republican prisoners are now under a more restrictive regime than they were prior to them taking protest action.

Roe 4 Republican prisoners and their support groups on the outside demand an end to this latest abuse of Republican Prisoners and call once again for the implementation of the August Agreement.

Statement ends.

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SUPPORT OUR POW’s!!!- PLEASE SHARE

SUPPORT OUR POW's1040363_170778549767531_848789344_oStiofán Mac Óda

SUPPORT OUR POWS!!- PLEASE SHARE GRMA

CABHAIR-COGUS-IRPWA-FOIF

IRPWA

http://www.irpwa.com/

COGUS

http://www.republicanunity.org/

CABHAIR

http://www.rsfgaillimh.com/prosnachprisoners.htm

Friends Of Irish Freedom

Friends Of Irish Freedom, P.O. Box 210-Riverdale Station, Riverdale, NY 10471

Stiofán Mac Óda

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SERIOUS CASES OF MISJUSTICE AGAINST REPULICANS IN THE 32 COUNTIES OF IRELAND

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Stiofán Mac Óda’s

SERIOUS CASES OF MISJUSTICE AGAINST IRISH REPUBLICANS– PLEASE SHARE GRMA!!!!

MICHAEL MCKEVITT

Interned for 12 years, set up by mi5 and other organisations in an attempt to weaken the republican movement, was not even one of the key suspects, prosecution witness was a paid mi5 informer with dubious character.

http://www.michaelmckevitt.com/

Michael McKevitt, Portlaoise Prison, Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland

MARTIN COREY

Interned 3years, no reason given, no charges, based on secret evidence no one has ever seen including the courts!!

http://www.releasemartincorey.com/

http://www.facebook.com/releasemartincorey?ref=ts&fref=ts

Martin Corey, HMP Maghaberry, Old Road, Ballinderry Upper, Lisburn BT28 2PT

BRENDAN MCCONVILLE & JOHN PAUL WOOTON

SENTENCED TO LIFE, Evidence was tamped with and went missing for prolonged period before submitted, witnesses intimidated to stand in defence, NO TRIAL BY JURY, blocked to cross examine evidence / witnesses

http://www.justiceforthecraigavontwo.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Justice-for-the-Craigavon-Two/413880698678704?ref=ts&fref=ts

Brendan McConville, HMP Maghaberry, Old Road, Ballinderry Upper, Lisburn BT28 2PT

John Paul Wootton, HMP Maghaberry, Old Road, Ballinderry Upper, Lisburn BT28 2PT

STEPHEN MURNEY

Interned 6months for the posession of legal Airsoft riffles and associated clothing for the sport

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-Stephen-Murney-Now/202913716509749

Stephen Murney, HMP Maghaberry, Old Road, Ballinderry Upper, Lisburn BT28 2PT .

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RELEASE MARTIN COREY NOW !!!! 3 YEARS INTERNED BASED ON SECRET EVIDENCE NOT DISCLOSED TO THE COURTS !!! NO CHARGES AGAINST HIM OR EVEN A REASON WHY !!!

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Stiofán Mac Óda

Please show him your support drop him a line and sign the petition for his release Martin needs your support now more than ever…..

http://www.releasemartincorey.com/

https://www.facebook.com/releasemartincorey?ref=ts&fref=ts

Martin Corey

Maghaberry Prison,

Roe House,

Old Rd, Ballinderry Upper,

Lisburn,

County Antrim

BT28 2PT .

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TOWN COUNCIL A ‘FIEFDOM FOR DUP’ !!!

‘ While other councils across the north are moving forward…. Lisburn is still firmly stuck in the Dark Ages as a fiefdom for the DUP and bigotry.

LISBURN council has been accused of being stuck “in the Dark Ages” with the DUP maintaining its grip on power, taking both mayor and deputy mayor posts. The party now holds 10 out of the 12 available leadership positions.

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Alliance group leader Brian Dornan said that in the past three years the mayor and deputy mayor roles have gone to another party only once. Alliance had put forward Stephen Martin to be deputy mayor but he was defeated despite getting the support of Alliance, SDLP, Sinn Fein, one UUP councillor and an independent. “I am disappointed that yet again the DUP have refused to accept power sharing in Lisburn Council,” Mr Dornan said. “They have no problems with it at the assembly, so why can’t they agree to it in Lisburn? “The DUP may talk of a shared future but their actions don’t match their words.”

He called for mandatory power-sharing to be introudecd by environment minister Alex Attwood. Sinn Fein group leader Ader Carson said unioni. ‘s “discriminatory policies…. on Lisburn City Council are as alive in 2013 as they ever have been”. “Sinn Fein is the second largest party grouping on the council yet, despite this, we have been denied any formal positions following Lisburn council’s annual general meeting,” he said. “Given the mandate that Sinn Fein received in 2011, had d’Hondt been enacted the party would be enacted the party would be entitled to the position of chair and vice-chair of a committee each year, along with one year as major of Lisburn. “Since first being represented on Lisburn council in 1985, unionist politicians have constantly sought to deny Sinn Fein its share of positions. “As a result, by the end of this term in 2015, Sinn Fein will have held only two official positions in 30 years. “While other councils across the north are moving forward, such as Banbridge and Coleraine, Lisburn is still firmly stuck in the Dark Ages as a fiefdom of the DUP and bigotry. “Certainly there is no shared future in the minds of the DUP councillors in Lisburn City Council. Discrimation and jobs for the boys remains the prioity.”

With many thanks to : Bimpe Archer, Irish News.

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A SO-CALLED SHARED FUTURE DOES NOT EXIST !

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Seosamh O Bradaigh

SHARED FUTURE DOES NOT EXIST.

Today I went to Lisburn City Councils AGM at which Mayor and Deputy Mayor are elected as are Chairs and Vice chairs of committees. It will be no surprise to you to know that bigotry is alive and well in Lisburn with the DUP taking 10 of the 12 positions available and the UUP taking the other 2. The DUP took Mayor and Deputy Mayor being Margaret Tolerton and Andrew Ewing respectively. The chair positions were filled by DUP with 2 vice chair positions given to UUP. Last year SF had a position of chair with the promise that they would be rewarded this year with more positions but that was not the case, in fact there was a retrograde step as they got nothing. So this new dispensation seems to be working but no one has told the DUP in Lisburn. People will ask why can they get away with this and how can they do it? The answer is: because they can! They can go on their junkets to Cardiff and tell Obama all is well in this Unionist dominated state, but they don’t want a taig about the place never mind an Independent Republican like myself.

Today Lisburn Council once more told everyone that the occupied 6 counties are and always will be “A protestant state for a protestant people”. It does not matter who holds what position in Stormont when you get down to the grass roots there are no changes. Peter and Martin can walk about smiling and saying we are building a new and peaceful place with equality for all (not in Lisburn). Republicans who are still on the bus believing that things are changing and we have a voice I say to you, there has been “not an ounce” of change in the mindset of unionism for all the compromises made by past republicans who still sit up on the house on the hill, you are Constitutional Nationalists who have been sold a pup.

NOT IN MY NAME

INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN COUNCILLOR

ANGELA NELSON .

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